Tips for Accessing Resources Mentioned in the Minding Our Elders Column
Dear Readers: In September of 2022, I wrote a column providing brief answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Minding Our Elders column....
Aging
How Framing Your Caregiving Relationship as a Partnership Can Improve It
In healthy partnerships, a relationship is built on our ability to trust that the other person has our best interests in mind. We share...
Your Caregiving Decisions Are Unique to Your Circumstances: Stand Tall
Normally, all is well in caregiver support groups. People help and comfort one another, offer advice based on what’s worked for them in a...
Caring for Multiple Generations: Looking for Balance
This is how it often happens: You see your parents a lot since you still live in the same community. So, when your mom...
Getting Over the Guilt of Placing a Loved One in a Care Home
If we could control events, most of us would never want our elders to be so sick that they need the care of a nursing...
Facing the Facts: How to Handle Parents Who Are Aging
For most of us, our parents are just there — seemingly invincible as we grow up. Once we leave home, we’re on a mission to...
Is Your Aging Parent on Too Many Meds?
By the time Janet Johnson’s father reached his mid-80s, he was on so many medications their names are now impossible to recall. There were pills...
Dealing With Embarrassment When Your Loved One Has Dementia
Dear Candid Caregiver (Carol): My dad enjoys going to the park and watching kids play. Since I try hard to give him the best life...
8 Summer Excursions for Elders and Their Caregivers
Summer is on the way! This is a time when it’s generally easier for elders to be out and about than when snow and ice...
Caregiver or Care Partner? What Evolving Terminology Means
Decades ago, when I began my caregiving life, I just did what I did. I’m not sure I was referred to as anything other than...
